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This is so true...I know there are times when I need to be reminded that life

is worth the choice of enjoying it....

Be Blessed each of you,

Becky

Subject: Happiness is a State of Mind

The 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud lady,who is fully dressed

each morning by eight o'clock, with her hair fashionably coifed and

makeup perfectly applied, even though she is legally blind, moved to a

nursing home today. Her husband of 70 years recently passed away, making the

move necessary. After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the

nursing home, she smiled sweetly when told her room was ready. As she

maneuvered her

walker to the elevator, I provided a visual description of her tiny

room, including the eyelet sheets that had been hung on her window. " I love

it, " she

stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having just been

presented with a new puppy.

" Mrs. , you haven't seen the room .... just wait. "

" That doesn't have anything to do with it, " she replied.

" Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my

room or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged ... it's how

I arrange my mind. I already decided to love it ...

" It's a decision I make every morning when I wake up. I have a choice; I

can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I have with the parts

of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed and be thankful for

the ones that do. Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I'll focus

on

the new day and all the happy memories I've stored away ... just for

this time in my life. Old age is like a bank account ... you withdraw

from what you've put in ... So, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of

happiness in the bank account of memories